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if you look at florida, where housing is a very big deal in florida. in florida it's been kind of a pretty stubborn unemployment rate. i think it's still stuck near where it was before. 8.7% today. that's exactly where it was when the president took office. it's come down from the peaks, but still basically where the president took office. and then in virginia you've got an unemployment rate that is also essentially gone up and come back down and it's essentially flat in virginia, too. it also depends on if there's a republican governor, as well. >> that's one of the very interesting things about the political dynamic. each of these states has a republican governor who is a key surrogate for mitt romney. that governor is unwilling to make the economic argument that times are awful because they're in office right now. so it's -- >> you can't say doom and gloom if you're trying to run for re-election later. let me ask you sheila about what you have said with both candidates. you've said you're disappointed with both. >> i don't think either one of them h
if you look at florida, where housing is a very big deal in florida. in florida it's been kind of a pretty stubborn unemployment rate. i think it's still stuck near where it was before. 8.7% today. that's exactly where it was when the president took office. it's come down from the peaks, but still basically where the president took office. and then in virginia you've got an unemployment rate that is also essentially gone up and come back down and it's essentially flat in virginia, too. it also...
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i want to bring in former democratic congressman from florida, robert wexler. he currently is president of the s. daniel abraham center for middle east peace. congressman, good morning to you here. >> good morning. >> let's be realistic. in your opinion what are the chances any time soon of a cease-fire? >> well, i think we have to keep in context why we're in this quagmire, which is the unprovoked, continuous fire by hamas of rockets into israel. there's a short-term goal and a long-term goal, it seems to me. the short-term goal is to create a sustained cease-fire. but in order to do so you have to, in effect, create a victory speech for both hamas and israel. for israel it seems to me the victory speech would sound something like, we've created greater deterrence. we exacted an enormous price from hamas. we killed the military chief of hamas. we also showed that the iron dome anti-rocket system works quite well. for hamas it would seem to me the victory speech would probably be something like, hamas has shown the world that its military capacity is now greate
i want to bring in former democratic congressman from florida, robert wexler. he currently is president of the s. daniel abraham center for middle east peace. congressman, good morning to you here. >> good morning. >> let's be realistic. in your opinion what are the chances any time soon of a cease-fire? >> well, i think we have to keep in context why we're in this quagmire, which is the unprovoked, continuous fire by hamas of rockets into israel. there's a short-term goal and...
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>> in georgia right now and florida, rain across florida could be heavy at times as this front comes through. hits tampa here in the next hour or so. jacksonville seeing some rain. orlando, you're next, you'll see some rainfall as well. this is important because study shows that one inch of rainfall will actually decrease voter turnout by 1%. and general, foul weather, which rain would be a part of that, helps the republicans by about 2.5%. other areas, wisconsin, a mixture of rain and snow. shouldn't be too bad. rest of the country doesn't look terribly awful. we are watching this storm that will come out of florida today and head up the eastern seaboard. this is the nor'easter that we've been fearing, and there are coastal flood watches and highway watches posted now, potential for seeing some snow as well. there's some cold air with this. obviously some wind. models trending a little bit further to the east. that would be good. the further east, we'll keep you posted. impacts beginning tomorrow about midday, zoraida. back to you. >> insult to injury. we keep on saying. thank you s
>> in georgia right now and florida, rain across florida could be heavy at times as this front comes through. hits tampa here in the next hour or so. jacksonville seeing some rain. orlando, you're next, you'll see some rainfall as well. this is important because study shows that one inch of rainfall will actually decrease voter turnout by 1%. and general, foul weather, which rain would be a part of that, helps the republicans by about 2.5%. other areas, wisconsin, a mixture of rain and...
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, he had a big crowd down in florida. he's getting lots of enthusiastic support. i know in my own state of maryland we have a long lines of people who are at the polls, waiting to vote. so, there's no doubt the president's going to get out of the vote and again, persuade those last-minute voters. the fact that you have the romney campaign running these ads and the auto industry so deceptive that the folks at gm and chrysler had to call them on it, it's a sign of their desperation. >> in 2010 you lived through this. democrats lost 63 seats in the house, the most for either party since 1938 because there was a surge of older, conservative voters all across the country for the republican party. how concerned are you that the models the pollsters are using is not going to predict the actual electorate that we're going to see tomorrow on election day? >> well i think you're already seeing, ron, big additional turnouts. the turnout is bigger and the mix of voters is very different than 2010. and you have a couple other major di
, he had a big crowd down in florida. he's getting lots of enthusiastic support. i know in my own state of maryland we have a long lines of people who are at the polls, waiting to vote. so, there's no doubt the president's going to get out of the vote and again, persuade those last-minute voters. the fact that you have the romney campaign running these ads and the auto industry so deceptive that the folks at gm and chrysler had to call them on it, it's a sign of their desperation. >> in...
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state of florida. we're on track this year to -- we're on track this year to transfer $1.37. >> does that allow the state to redeploy funds elsewhere? >> that's an interesting question. does that allow them to take it out of the budget and put it elsewhere? >> is it a requirement that the net increase from the revenue of the lottery in florida? >> we're about 6% of the total funding for the florida education budget. so we give as much as we can but we're only 6%. we try to grow that every year. >> interesting. >> vast majority of lotteries are split. there's like four winners. the reason i asked about the range of numbers, most people pick range of one to 30. very few people pick that 30 to 59 range. >> what do i do with that information? >> you're paying two bucks or five bucks. you're not paying because you think you're really going to win the lottery. you're paying for the experience, right? >> no, your paying to try to win, christine. >> you're not going to win, roland. >> somebody is going to win,
state of florida. we're on track this year to -- we're on track this year to transfer $1.37. >> does that allow the state to redeploy funds elsewhere? >> that's an interesting question. does that allow them to take it out of the budget and put it elsewhere? >> is it a requirement that the net increase from the revenue of the lottery in florida? >> we're about 6% of the total funding for the florida education budget. so we give as much as we can but we're only 6%. we try...
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no rush, it's florida. if they get it within a week that's still pretty fast for them. >> they need to get their act to the. i feel like florida, on the lines thing, on the counting thing. we are in the technological age. it is time to move and fix it. that's my editorializing this morning. let's go back to the fiscal cliff. we also should get a little counter for the fiscal cliff. 53 days. christine's got an update on what it will mean if we hit it in 53 days. >> pretty alarming report out from the congressional budget office about this. it said in the post-election report on the fiscal cliff, it will lead to a recession and a spike in unemployment to 9.1%. congress, running out of time to prevent taxes rising for everyone and to prevent across-the-board 8% to 10% cuts for agencies like the fda, cdc, border patrol, education. the cdc director has said this, the reduction will risk costly and deadly spread of disease, and failures to prevent tragic and expensive health problems. every government agency is t
no rush, it's florida. if they get it within a week that's still pretty fast for them. >> they need to get their act to the. i feel like florida, on the lines thing, on the counting thing. we are in the technological age. it is time to move and fix it. that's my editorializing this morning. let's go back to the fiscal cliff. we also should get a little counter for the fiscal cliff. 53 days. christine's got an update on what it will mean if we hit it in 53 days. >> pretty alarming...
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in florida, it is illegal to harass manatees or ride them. she faces up to six months in jail, and a $500 fine if convicted. >> you should just not be riding manatees. go ahead. >> i think a lot of people are now learning for real, you know, the impact of doing that. that's for sure. some people -- >> i'm all for protecting animals. >> thank you for making that disclaimer. some people who turned out to watch the macy's thanksgiving day parade last thursday found out the confetti raining down on them contained sensitive personal information such as social security numbers. that's right. turns out the confetti was made up of shredded documents from the nassau county new york police department. an investigation under way to determine how that happened. >> speaking of which -- bad stuff. >> anyway, still ahead on "starting point," so it is one of the most famous scenes from the holiday movie. remember this? >> you'll shoot your eye out, kid. >> now, it's all gone to broadway. ralphie, aka peter billingsley, talks about the new "a christmas story"
in florida, it is illegal to harass manatees or ride them. she faces up to six months in jail, and a $500 fine if convicted. >> you should just not be riding manatees. go ahead. >> i think a lot of people are now learning for real, you know, the impact of doing that. that's for sure. some people -- >> i'm all for protecting animals. >> thank you for making that disclaimer. some people who turned out to watch the macy's thanksgiving day parade last thursday found out the...
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jim mcgreevey will be our guest, georgia congresswoman tom price and florida congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz joins us. it's tuesday, november 13th, "starting point" begins right now. >>> morning, welcome, everybody. our "starting point" this morning. breaking news. another top military general has now been linked to the sex scandal that forced out cia director david petraeus. forced him to resign. general john allen, the commander of u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan is now under investigation for alleged inappropriate communications with jill kelley. now investigators are said to be looking into the 20,000 to 30,000 pages of e-mails and other documents that he sent to her. kelley, of course, is the florida woman whose original complaint to the fbi about threatening e-mails inadvertently exposed the affair between general petraeus and paula broadwell. meantime a team of fbi agents searched broadwell's home in charlotte, north carolina, overnight, and spent nearly five hours there wrapping up just after 1:00 in the morning. "wall street journal" is reporting that the fbi agent who l
jim mcgreevey will be our guest, georgia congresswoman tom price and florida congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz joins us. it's tuesday, november 13th, "starting point" begins right now. >>> morning, welcome, everybody. our "starting point" this morning. breaking news. another top military general has now been linked to the sex scandal that forced out cia director david petraeus. forced him to resign. general john allen, the commander of u.s. and nato forces in...
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jason ranning with our affiliate bay nine news outside the kelley home in tampa, florida. thank you, jason. we appreciate the update. >>> ahead this morning we'll talk to a man whose political career was brought down by a sex scandal of his own. former new jersey governor jim mcgreevey will chat with us. [ female announcer ] today, jason is here to volunteer to help those in need. when a twinge of back pain surprises him. morning starts in high spirits, but there's a growing pain in his lower back. as lines grow longer, his pain continues to linger. but after a long day of helping others, he gets some helpful advice. just two aleve have the strength to keep back pain away all day. today, jason chose aleve. just two pills for all day pain relief. try aleve d for strong, all day long sinus and headache relief. >>> welcome back, everybody. we've been following these pretty dramatic developments in the petraeus sex scandal. general john allen is now under scrutiny as well. there are sources that investigators are going through between 20,000 and 30,000 pages of potentially ina
jason ranning with our affiliate bay nine news outside the kelley home in tampa, florida. thank you, jason. we appreciate the update. >>> ahead this morning we'll talk to a man whose political career was brought down by a sex scandal of his own. former new jersey governor jim mcgreevey will chat with us. [ female announcer ] today, jason is here to volunteer to help those in need. when a twinge of back pain surprises him. morning starts in high spirits, but there's a growing pain in...
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that's in the race for florida's 18th congressional district. west who is a tea party favorite released a statement this morning saying quote, while any questions remain unanswered today i am announcing that i will take no further action to contest the outcome of this election. final results of a recount sunday put murphy ahead of west by over 1900 votes. >>> the latest now in the petraeus sex scandal. we'll be hearing from tampa socialite jill kelley's twin sister natalie today. she'll be joined by attorney gloria allred. meant to clear up possible misconceptions and explain her relationship with petraeus and his wife, his wife holly. former cia director david petraeus and general john allen each wrote glowing letters to help her during child custody hearings. jill kelley's e-mails exposed petraeus' affair with his biographer paula broadwell. complicated web we weave. >> we're on the verge of jumping the shark on this. >> gloria allred is in town. >> can't wait for that press conference certainly. business, christine? >> a recent survey showed
that's in the race for florida's 18th congressional district. west who is a tea party favorite released a statement this morning saying quote, while any questions remain unanswered today i am announcing that i will take no further action to contest the outcome of this election. final results of a recount sunday put murphy ahead of west by over 1900 votes. >>> the latest now in the petraeus sex scandal. we'll be hearing from tampa socialite jill kelley's twin sister natalie today....
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the state of louisiana, the state of texas and the state of florida have hit that mark. texas has 94,000 online -- whoo, a whole 94,000 signatures. from the great state of texas, that has 27 million people. >> when i put that petition together i never thought that i'd get so many people to sign on. you know, i got to tell you, i had this conversation last night but the day after the presidential election i woke up and i was basically emotionally in the same state i was the day before the election. i'm a little surprised at the conservatives that are so distraught. american exceptionalism doesn't have anything to do with who is sitting in the white house. it has to do with the fact that everyone woke up the next day, thought about their families, their ambitions, got back to work and went on with their life. i can't stand the emotional freakout. >> you're poetic and i agree with you. >> this is similar to what liberals used to say after the election when they lost, that they're going to move to canada. this speaks more about -- sorry about that. canada is nice. sort of. w
the state of louisiana, the state of texas and the state of florida have hit that mark. texas has 94,000 online -- whoo, a whole 94,000 signatures. from the great state of texas, that has 27 million people. >> when i put that petition together i never thought that i'd get so many people to sign on. you know, i got to tell you, i had this conversation last night but the day after the presidential election i woke up and i was basically emotionally in the same state i was the day before the...
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. >>> florida authorities are blaming a giant rogue wave for a boating accident. one woman died after the wave destroyed the boat and tossed the 23 people on board into the water. they were headed back from a day of diving when the wave hit. >>> new information coming out today about the david petraeus investigation. the fbi is investigating whether he told his military staff to share documents and other sensitive information with his biographer, paula broadwell. that's according to a report from "the washington post." fbi agents say they found low level classified information on broad well's computer. >> so you feeling lucky this holiday season? the powerball jackpot keeps climbing and climbing. it's now an eye-popping $325 million. the next drawing is tomorrow night at 10:59 eastern. we want to know what you would spend all that money on. so, send us a tweet on the twitters, our address is @startingpointcnn. look at the bottom of the screen. >> you could spend some of that $325 shopping at toys "r" us. waking up super early on black friday just doesn't cut it an
. >>> florida authorities are blaming a giant rogue wave for a boating accident. one woman died after the wave destroyed the boat and tossed the 23 people on board into the water. they were headed back from a day of diving when the wave hit. >>> new information coming out today about the david petraeus investigation. the fbi is investigating whether he told his military staff to share documents and other sensitive information with his biographer, paula broadwell. that's...
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he's going to take ohio and florida won't even be a question. maybe that's why he was so relaxed. >> do comedians look at things like a presidential election in regards of where they stand ideologically, boy if so-and-so is elected this will be much better for me? because this person is funny? would romney have been a better candidate funnywise? >> yeah. barack obama is so cool and calm and reserved. you know, he's not going to have that crazy moment. i was of two minds. i voted for barack obama, but my comic funny bone was like, mitt romney, that's like two hbo specials. >> you have biden. >> biden is always -- >> not just biden but seriously hinting he may run in 2016. what kind of a boone is that for you? >> let's hope not. >> i thought it was hilary. i thought hillary was going to run. >> chris christie, snl's clip of chris christie. i thought that was hysterical. then we'll talk about it on the other side. >> i would like to give a sincere thanks to president obama for how he handled the situation. on election day, i'm voting for mitt romne
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this comes from richard moore in orlando, florida. he said he he voted early for president obama. he said the biggest issue for him in the election was the economy. from ft. worth, texas, a picture of her granddaughter, aria, to show how important it is to vote. she voted early for mitt romney. she says the most important issue is the economy. cnn.com/startingpoint. of course, you want to tune in on tuesday night. cnn's live coverage of election night in america. we start at 6:00 pm eastern. >>> "end point" is up next. ♪ can't tell them apart, try as you might ♪ ♪ but a wise man once said that the secret to life ♪ ♪ is to find one that don't look the same ♪ ♪ find one that don't look ♪ the same ♪ check out the latest collection of snacks from lean cuisine. creamy spinach artichoke dip, crispy garlic chicken spring rolls. they're this season's must-have accessory. lean cuisine. be culinary chic. they're this season's i'i invest in what i know.r. i turned 65 last week. i'm getting married. planning a life. there are risks, sure. but, there's no reward without it. i
this comes from richard moore in orlando, florida. he said he he voted early for president obama. he said the biggest issue for him in the election was the economy. from ft. worth, texas, a picture of her granddaughter, aria, to show how important it is to vote. she voted early for mitt romney. she says the most important issue is the economy. cnn.com/startingpoint. of course, you want to tune in on tuesday night. cnn's live coverage of election night in america. we start at 6:00 pm eastern....
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the gulf coast through florida, just gorgeous. plenty of sunshine from chicago all the way down to washington, d.c., down through richmond, virginia. and sunny and warm as well in the southwest, through phoenix, arizona, also looking very, very mild. so high temperatures today as a result are looking spectacular. you really can't find too much in the way of cold air, unless you start heading up into montana and into idaho and wyoming. some of the higher elevations there will see cold enough weather for snow. b butgenerally speaking, we're looking at a smooth day for weather travel. 71 in kansas city, nice and warm there, and up to 53, your high in new york. during the parade in the morning hours, it will be in the 40s. so it will be colder than that. in the southwest, it's looking nice and warm, alina and brooke, really looking good. i'm so happy to report good travel weather. usually we don't have this. so enjoy it while it lasts. >> trick going to the parade, really any parade, layering. it was fun walking around the city yester
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. >>> partial recount in the hotly contested race for florida's district 18 congressional seat narrows the gap between republican congressman alan west and democrat patrick murphy slightly. but it's not enough to trigger an automatic recount. democrat murphy is still ahead by a margin of more than a half percent. west's campaign manager is vowing to take legal action. >> like what? what legal action can he take? if it doesn't trigger a recount you don't have to count it, right? >> maybe it's so law -- >> isn't there a law that 0.5% is enough? >> exactly. no recount unless it drops below that. interesting. we've also got some big news coming out of syria. opposition groups have formally agreed to unite. they're now the syrian national coalition for opposition and revolutionary forces. the move allows for more international diplomatic recognition. more funding. and better military aid. now the group's stated goal is to crack down on president bashar al assad's government, and only accept a new government. >>> listen to this, democratic senator chuck schumer says he and republican lindsey
. >>> partial recount in the hotly contested race for florida's district 18 congressional seat narrows the gap between republican congressman alan west and democrat patrick murphy slightly. but it's not enough to trigger an automatic recount. democrat murphy is still ahead by a margin of more than a half percent. west's campaign manager is vowing to take legal action. >> like what? what legal action can he take? if it doesn't trigger a recount you don't have to count it, right?...